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Antony Padiyara, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, 23 April 1985− 11 November 1999 [note 4] Varkey Vithayathil, Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, 23 December 1999 − 1 April 2011; George Alencherry Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, 25 May 2011 − 7 December 2023 [12]
Raphael Thattil (Syriac: ܡܳܪܝ ܪܰܦܳܐܝܶܠ ܛܰܛܺܝܠ) (born 21 April 1956) is an Indian Major Archbishop of the Catholic Church who serves as the Major Archbishop of the Syro-Malabar Church, the largest Eastern Catholic Church, and as the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly since January 2024.
Syro-Malabar Church: Major Archbishop Mar Raphael Thattil; Syro-Malankara Catholic Church: Major Archbishop Moran Mor Baselios Cleemis Catholicos; Romanian Greek-Catholic Church: Major Archbishop Lucian Mureșan; Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church: Metropolitan William C. Skurla; Hungarian Greek Catholic Church: Bishop Péter Fülöp Kocsis
The bishop or eparch of a see, even if he does not also hold a title such as archbishop, metropolitan, major archbishop, patriarch or pope, is the centre of unity for his diocese or eparchy, and, as a member of the College of Bishops, shares in responsibility for governance of the whole church (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, 886).
Relatedly, those with jurisdiction take precedence over those with titular, ad personam, or emeritus titles, so someone serving in a specific office (e.g., diocesan bishop) has precedence over someone with a titular claim to the same rank (e.g., titular bishop) or someone who used to serve in an equivalent office (e.g., a retired bishop).
The church was rebuilt in the late 7th century. The Frankish bishop and pilgrim Arculf, in relating his pilgrimage to Jerusalem in about the year 680, described this church as "a round building open to the sky, with three porticoes entered from the south. Eight lamps shone brightly at night through windows facing Jerusalem.
What is said in canon law of patriarchal churches and patriarchs is understood to be applicable also to major archiepiscopal churches and major archbishops, unless canon law expressly provides otherwise or it is evident from the nature of the matter (CCEO.151, 152). The four major archiepiscopal churches in the Catholic Church are:
The strategic placement of the ladder which cuts the icon into two complementary triangles, representing heaven in the higher triangular module and earth in the lower. [2] The journey to the top of the ladder where Jesus reaches with open hands is rife with obstacles of sin represented by the demons with bow and arrows ready to take the souls ...